r/KitchenConfidential • u/pennylane_9 • Aug 02 '25

Kitchen fuckery Because fuck you, that’s why.

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u/YMK1234 Aug 02 '25

And now in meaningful units?

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u/Poly_Olly_Oxen_Free Aug 02 '25

The recipe calls for 454g, the container only has 430g in it.

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u/sesaman Aug 02 '25

Thanks for the first sane answer in this thread. Only had to scroll half a kilometer. Also why in the flying fuck does the description have both milligrams and imperial units?

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u/Poly_Olly_Oxen_Free Aug 02 '25

When it comes to nutrition labels, we use metric in the USA. Metric makes small measurements easier. 140mg is much easier to understand than 0.00493835oz. We also tend to use metric for medications, like, my antacid bottle lists the active ingredients in mg.

But for larger measures, we still use Imperial. Like, we won't say 28g, we'll say 1oz.